I was in the middle of a cough attack, and they went live. And I'm like, 'How do I get out of this?' It was more of like, not knowing what to do, like almost like a little small panic. ... I just panicked because I've never had it happen. ... You don't want to say a whole lot, because you don't want to start coughing. And it just came out wrong. ... It wasn't my intention to look that way. It was just, like, I panicked.

If I don't want to do an interview, I mean you guys know me, I'm not going to do it. It wasn't that, like I said it was just a cough attack. ... I have a few friends who look at my Instagram, and they're young kids. Some of the language that people used on there was very disappointing. No matter what I've done, people still have to hold their composure, and when they write something down — especially, I call 'em "studio gangsters," they don't even have their real names or photos, or they're blocked out ... my stuff is open, and some of the language they used was very disturbing to some of the readers that are looking at it. I'm allowing people to be in my life, and to see what I'm doing. ... It was tough, but we move on, and today's a different day, and I'm here.

Cohn told Junior during the podcast that after the interview went viral, "I felt disappointed for you, because I felt the people that watched on that day - last Wednesday - didn't see the real Junior." She also said she regretted - to some extent - her reaction to the interview, saying, "I would like to take some of those Tweets back, because that was on emotion. ... I should've went on my first instinct that something must not be right with him." She expressed that she was more excited than usual that day because of the NHL's trading deadline.

Cohn continued by asking Junior about what some have perceived from time to time as an adversarial relationship between Junior and the media. More from Junior during the podcast:

There's two sides. There's the side that is playing, and then there's the side that takes everything seriously. And doing an interview you try not to be misquoted or anything else. And people see the smile and all that, and then they see me doing an interview and they're like, 'Well that's a totally different person.' It's just I want to come across as this is something I HAVE to do, talk to the media. You're still nervous. Because only the person asking the question knows what he's going to say. I have no idea. ... Buster Olney said something, 'I see him playing with the clubhouse kids, talking to everybody. And then I asked him something and he went totally different.' Well, you can't come across laughing and joking all of the time. You know, sometimes you have to be serious. And during interviews, I'm more serious because I'm trying to collect my thoughts and things like that. But it is what it is. I'm not trying to disrespect anybody, hurt anybody or anything else. It's just that, you know, I don't want to ... you know, I've been known as a practical joker all my life. The time I do a serious interview, people go, 'That's not him.' Well it is, I do take everything serious. You know, my life has been pretty much an open book, from day one. ... Some things get a little out of hand. You know ... come talk to me. I feel sometimes the media talks AT me, and not to me. They come in, do their job, leave. They don't ask, 'Hey how's this? How's the family?' ... (Family) is more important than anything I've done on the field.